I do a lot of work for students already, mostly laser cutting but I have actually done entire projects...yes yes I know I'm not supposed to but when a pretty girl comes along with her knickers in a knot stressing about being able to glue two pieces of wood together...what can you do.
The one project that comes to mind was a girl who had to present a architecture thesis. She was in a mess and so was her documentation. I ended up cleaning up and reformatting the documentation, doing all the 2D plans, doing a full 3D model so that she could render her ideas in 3D Max and I also built a full architectural model for her. I made funny money from it and I learned a valuable lesson - other peoples problems are not my problem....
...correction - Unless I make serious money from helping them sort out their problems...
I have a good relationship with the Cape Craft And Design Institute, they often send people to me who need help.
I make my workshop available to the students so if they want to build their projects they are welcome to do it here, some have but most just take their parts and run.
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